Nitrox course

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Driftwood @ Jan. 08 2004,12:13)]I'm (hopefully) doing my Basic & Advanced within the next 6-8 weeks with ol' Hayhurst - I'd say he is definitely worth a looksee if you are planning on doing your course

Dalesdivers

So if anyone fancies watching Drifty make a prat of himself (again) with a twinset (again) let me know

Fancy it?? I'll be selling tickets and deck-chairs for the event mate!  

I can thoroughly recommend using Andy (DALESDIVER) Hayhurst too: Fiona and I did the TDI combined Basic and Advanced Nitrox course with him about three years ago (still got to do mi Deco Procedures) - comprehensive, well taught, clear and he's a genuinely decent chap to boot!

Good luck!

[KimH]

<font color='#000080'>I did get 4 nitrox fills included as part of mine, the dives were already paid for as part of the standard dive pack but the fills were upgraded. If I remember correctly that would have cost $8 a cylinder - don't ask me how this pans out in terms of conversion to stirling/euros/dollars but I know I thought it was reasonable at the time. Might be worth an e-mail to OC to check exactly what you'd get.
I've also been looking for a TDI nitrox course for the better half and £85 seems to be the going rate in the UK. As I understand it it's just half a day theory now so no big time commitment and possibly something to get out of the way while the weather's iffy.
Another thought, you didn't say who you're travelling with but if it's Explorers it's usually cheaper if you pre-book your diving in the UK so if it is through them it might be worth checking their course prices out.

[DanE]

In answer to some of the questions that have come up - I'm a Sports Diver (only recently qualified, though), but I understood you could do the BSAC Basic and Advanced Nitrox courses from this qualification?

The trip to Sharm was booked through Explorers (35 of us going, would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that booking!), but I can't see anything other than basic &quot;learn to dive&quot; packages on their website.

Given the prices I'm seeing for the TDI course here in blighty, the OC costs seem overly high. &nbsp;I'll check what OC's course involves, but at the moment I'm thinking that I'm just going to just enjoy my holiday and sort out some Nitrox training when I get back.

cheers,
dan.

[Janos]

If I were in your shoes, I would ask round your club and see if there are any other people who are interested in doing the course. If you have a few of you, and are lucky enough to have a Nitrox Instructor in the club, then you're sorted - ru the course in-house. If you've no Nitrox Instructor, I'd ask your TO or DO to have a chat with some of the regional bods and see if they will run a course for your club / a few clubs in the area.

Laters,
&nbsp; &nbsp;Janos

PS - SD can do Advanced Nitrox, but you've got to get an additional 20 dives under your belt since qualifying.